Britain is beginning to protect its 1970s leisure centres

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Britain is beginning to protect its 1970s leisure centres
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Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskIn 2021 the Oasis became the first leisure centre to be protected by Historic England, which noted the odd fact that a rock band from Manchester, more than 200km north, is named after it. A second 1970s leisure centre, in Bradford, was protected last year. The Twentieth Century Society, an architectural-heritage charity, is campaigning to save ten other structures, including the dome in Britain’s first Center Parcs resort.

Their pools were curvy and fringed with trees. You walked into the water via gently sloping beaches; the leisure centres’ architects had discovered that many Britons could barely swim. They had wave machines and waterslides, and some served alcohol. Their designers aimed to bring the Mediterranean to ordinary Britons. As Britons took to holidaying in the actual Mediterranean, some began to decline; austerity and covid-19 finished them off.

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